DL/REVIEWS//SHAH I/3 - [Reviews of the work of Idries Shah: The Natives are Restless]

Reference code

DL/REVIEWS//SHAH I/3

Level of description

Sub-file

Title

[Reviews of the work of Idries Shah: The Natives are Restless]

Date/s

1988

Quantity & Format

7 Reviews
2 Notes (MS)

Creator

Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

Scope and content

9 items. Includes 5 drafts of Lessing's review of Shah's The Natives are Restless, plus the final copy she sent to The Daily Telegraph and a copy of the printed review. Includes 2 pages of handwritten notes by Lessing. Discusses "Englishness" and cultural heritage. Mentions Shah's father, Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah, and his distinguished position as a "mediator between cultures". References King John and the Emir of Morocco.

DL - Doris Lessing Archive
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  - DL/REVIEWS - [Reviews of and contributions to other writers' works]
    - DL/REVIEWS//SHAH I - [Reviews of the work of Idries Shah]
      - DL/REVIEWS//SHAH I/3 - [Reviews of the work of Idries Shah: The Natives are Restless]

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